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===Memorials=== [[File:Daniel O'Connell 1929 issue set3.jpg|thumb|Set of O'Connell commemorative postage stamps, 1929|left]] In 1855, O'Connell's plot at [[Glasnevin Cemetery]] was marked with a 55m-high [[Irish round tower|Irish Round Tower]]. Shut in 1971 when damaged by a [[Ulster loyalism|loyalist]] bomb (retaliation for the [[Irish Republican Army (1922–1969)|IRA]]'s destruction of [[Nelson's Pillar]] in [[O'Connell Street]]), the tower was re-opened in 2018.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-04-14 |title=O’Connell Tower reopens in Dublin after 47 years |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-43753317 |access-date=2025-01-09 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[O'Connell Monument|His statue]] (the work of [[John Henry Foley]]) was erected in 1882 at the bottom of Sackville Street, renamed O'Connell Street in 1922. O'Connell Streets also exist in [[Athlone]], [[Clonmel]], [[Dungarvan]], [[Ennis]], [[Kilkee]], [[Limerick]], [[Sligo]], and [[Waterford]]. A Daniel O'Connell Bridge, opened in 1880, spans the [[Manuherikia River]] at [[Ophir, New Zealand|Ophir]] in [[New Zealand]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.engineeringnz.org/programmes/heritage/heritage-records/daniel-oconnell-bridge/|title=Daniel O'Connell Bridge|publisher=Engineering New Zealand|access-date=30 December 2020|archive-date=24 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124145820/https://www.engineeringnz.org/programmes/heritage/heritage-records/daniel-oconnell-bridge/|url-status=live}}</ref> A set of Irish postage stamps depicting O'Connell were issued in 1929 to commemorate the centenary of [[Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829|Catholic emancipation]].<ref>[https://irishamerica.com/2020/03/youve-got-mail-irish-history-from-stamps/ You've Got Mail: Irish History From Stamps] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302162547/https://irishamerica.com/2020/03/youve-got-mail-irish-history-from-stamps/ |date=2 March 2021 }} Irish America, March/April 2020.</ref> There is a statue of O'Connell outside [[St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne|St Patrick's Cathedral]] in Melbourne, Australia.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Catholic Church and Community in Australia|author=O'Farrell, Patrick|publisher=Thomas Nelson (Australia), West Melbourne|year=1977}}</ref> [[Derrynane House]], O'Connell's home in Kerry, has been converted into a museum honouring the Liberator.<ref name="dh">{{cite web|url=http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/South-West/DerrynaneHouse/|title=Derrynane House|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090312063843/http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/South-West/DerrynaneHouse/|archive-date=12 March 2009|access-date=23 January 2009}}</ref>
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